Has a cx world champion ever podiumed a men’s grand tour GC? According to ChatGPT no, not sure if that’s 100% though!

Pidcock's aim was to win the stage not a GC time, however unlikely at that point, so pacing an entire group back wasn't necessarily in his interest. His group continued to lose time so the firepower wasn't there on that terrain, so he took a chance and it didn't work out is how i see it

maybe he wanted Roglic, Gee or someone else to come with him and bridge across, rather than sit in that passive group happily losing time for 40km

gutted for Pidcock today, so hard to constantly stay in top 3-10 position when you don't have teammates present and other teams are constantly swarming you (then crashing out infront!).

Agreed, I’ve cancelled my subscription so it’s YouTube highlights only from now on

mainly subscription channels driving this, major advertisers will not spend much on a channel or show with little to no audience as there is minimal return

you're safe, if a Sports Direct opens, it's time to consider relocation

as a Spurs fan, harsh but fair

they should just go full cyclocross and have a couple of barriers to bunny-hop

I watched Milan - San Remo and you could be forgiven for thinking MVDP is just Jasper's helper...although I'm just sore Mathieu chased down Pidcock's late attack 😡

Least Expected Day is superb, great characters, glorious failure interlaced with the odd victory is way more entertaining than slick winning machines...I now have the theme tune in my head!

I thought Yates had that, but maybe a small error letting Gaudu get away from him over the previous crest before the final rise to the finish, not sure if that was just legs or tactical error/over confident

Nice one Benji, big PB!

Teams only allowed 4 riders in final week...would make for great selection drama on TdF: Unchained

Pidcock to EF, for the Ben Healy double act in the Spring Classics